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eHymnal files © copyright WNAA 2016, free for non-commercial use per CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

The WNAA eHymnal project was created to help those who may not be familiar with Welsh hymns learn to pronounce the
Welsh words and sing their voice parts, and enjoy in full measure the great choral tradition of Welsh four-part singing.
The hymns are those in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems, published by the WNAA.

Each hymn in this collection has been broken down and contains a recording of:

the pronunciation of the Welsh hymn verses
the music for each individual voice part (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
the music of the hymn tune with all four voices in full harmony

The eHymnal files are meant to accompany the National Gymanfa Ganu Hymnal.
You will want to have a copy of this book at hand as you listen to the eHymnal recordings. (To order a copy click here)

The recordings in the eHymnal are MP3 files, which can be stored and played on your:

desktop computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone and portable MP3 players (such as an iPod.)
There are so many variables with each device, if you have questions
email ehymnal@thewnaa.org we will attempt to assist.

How to download files | How to use files | How to play | How to transfer to MP3 player

Click Individual Hymns Below to Download and Save to your Media Player

Hymn #	Titles Listed as in the Official WNGGA Hymnal Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems
V	Gweddi Yr Arglwydd (The Lords Prayer) not included here
VI	Yr Hen Ganfed (Old Hundredth) not included here
VII	America not included here
VIII	O Canada!
IX	Star-Spangled Banner
X	Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
001	Rachie ~ I bob un sydd ffyddlon
002	Llan Baglan ~ Cofio, f’enaid, gariad Iesu
003	Bryn Calfaria ~ Cymer, Iesu, fi fel ’r ydwyf
004	Rhosymedre ~ Mae’r faner fawr ymlaen
005	Joanna ~ O gariad! O gariad
006	Milwaukee ~At Un a wrendy weddi’r gwan
007	Pen yr Yrfa ~Pa le, pa fodd dechreuaf
008	Caersalem ~ Dan dy fendith wrth ymadael
009	Gwylfa ~ Fel, fel yr wyf, ’nawr atat Ti
010	Maesgwyn ~ O fendigaid Geidwad
011	Ebenezer ~ Yn y dyfroedd mawr a’r tonnau
012	Godre'r Coed ~ ’Does neb on Ef, fy Iesu hardd
013	Penlan ~ Daeth eto fore Saboth
014	Diadem ~ Cyduned y nefolaidd gôr
015	Babel ~ Bydd myrdd o ryfeddodau
016	Hyfrydol ~ Dyma babell y cyfarfod
017	Aberystwyth ~ Iesu, cyfaill f’enaid cu
018	Huddersfield ~ Duw mawr y rhyfeddodau maith!
019	Rhydygroes ~ Duw mawr y rhyfeddodau maith!
020	Moab ~ Ar lan Iorddonon ddofn
021	Tanymarian ~ O! am nerth i dreulio’m dyddiau
022	O Fy Iesu ~ O! fy Iesu bendigedig
023	Bryn Myrddin ~ Mawr oedd Crist yn nhragwyddoldeb
024	Etifeddiaeth Plant Duw ~ Plant ydym eto dan ein hoed
025	Brwynog ~ Pob seraff, pob sant
026	Penpark ~ Ai am fy meiau i
027	Sandon ~ Oleuni mwyn, trwy dew gysgodau’r nef
028	In Memoriam ~ Mae rhyw fyrdd o ryfeddodau
029	Deemster ~ Mae’r gwaed a redodd ar y groes
030	Sanctus ~ Glân geriwbiaid a seraffiaid
031	Liverpool ~ Ni allodd angau du
032	Llangynog ~ Ogoneddus Graig yr Oesoedd
033	Cleveland ~ O gariad! O gariad mor rhad!
034	Diolch i Ti ~ Diolch i Ti yr hollalluog Dduw
035	Andalusia ~ O Dduw, O Dduw, O Dduw, rho im dy hedd
036	Yr Hyfryd Wlad ~ ’Rwy’n caru enw’r hyfryd wlad
037	Crugybar ~ Cawn esgyn o’r dyrys anialwch
038	Moriah ~ Marchog, Iesu, yn llwyddiannus
039	Rhad Ras ~ Llais hyfryd rhad ras sy’n gweiddi “Dihangfa”!
040	Cwm Rhondda ~ Arglwydd, arwain trwy’r anialwch
041	Y Delyn Aur ~ Dechreu canu, dechreu canmol
042	Groeswen ~ Arglwydd, clywaf sŵn cawodydd
043	Dies Irae ~ Dduw mawr! pa beth a welaf draw?
044	Llanfair ~ Y mae’r dyddiau’n dod i ben
045	Malvern ~ O! tyred, Arglwydd mawr
046	Pen y Bryn ~ Clodforwn Di Iôr
047	Tre Salem ~ Yn Eden, cofiaf hynny byth
048	Aberteifi ~ Boed fy nghalon iti’n demel
049	Nes i Dre ~ Mor agos ambell waith
050	Hiraeth ~ ’Rwy’n edrych, dros y bryniau pell
051	Mount of Olives ~ Dyma Feibil annwyl Iesu
052	Sirioldeb ~ Yn fendith dyro im
053	Price ~ I Galfaria trof fy wyneb
054	Arfon ~ Dal fi’n agos at yr Iesu
055	Lledrod ~ Henffych i enw Iesu gwiw
056	Llef ~ O Iesu mawr! rho’th anian bur
057	Sarah ~ Mae’r iachawdwriaeth rad
058	Cymod ~ Caed trefn i faddau pechod
059	Blaen-y-Coed ~ Pwy sy’n dwyn y Brenin adref?
060	Blodwen ~ Er mor faith yw’r anial
061	Dim Ond Iesu ~ Pwy sydd gyda’r wawr yn rhodio
062	Mae D'Eisiau Di Bob Awr ~ Mae d’eisiau Di bob awr
063	Capel-y-Ddôl ~ Wele wrth y drws yn curo
064	Trewen ~ Mi wn fod fy Mhrynwr yn fyw
065	I Sing as a Bird ~ ’Rwy’n canu fel cana’r aderyn
066	Calon Lân ~ Nid wy’n gofyn bywyd moethus
067	Lausanne ~ Bugail Israel sydd ofalus
068	Bydd Canu yn y Nefoedd ~ Bydd canu yn y nefoedd
069	Cefn-Bedd Llewelyn ~ Anturiaf ymlaen
070	Whitford ~ O! Iesu croeshoeliedig
071	Y Milwr Bach ~ ’Rwyf innau’n filwr bychan
072	Llanllyfni ~ Mae arnaf eisiau sêl
073	Builth ~ Rhagluniaeth fawr y nef
074	Tyddyn Llwyn ~ Ti yr hwn wrandewi weddi
075	Blaenwern ~ Dyma gariad fel y moroedd
076	Gwinllan ~ Pererin wyf mewn anial dir
077	Crimond ~ The Lord’s my Shepherd
078	Intercession ~ A welsoch chwi Ef?
079	Hen Dderby ~ Yr Arglwydd a feddwl amdanaf
080	Pennant ~ Arglwydd Iesu, arwain f’enaid
081	Rheidol ~ Cofia’n gwlad, Benllywydd tirion
082	Gnoll Avenue ~ O! sancteiddia f’enaid Arglwydd
083	Llangloffan ~ Cof am y cyfiawn Iesu
084	Glanrhondda ~ Dwy aden colomen pe cawn
085	Bangor ~ O, anfon Di yr Ysbryd Glân
086	Rhondda ~ Nerthoedd y tragwyddol Ysbryd
087	Arwelfa ~ O! na byddai cariad Iesu
088	Nasareth ~ Dros bechadur buost farw
089	Rhys ~ Rho im yr hedd
090	Eirinwg ~ O! arwain fy enaid i’r dyfroedd
091	Aberporth ~ Cul yw’r llwybyr imi gerdded
092	Pen Ucha ~ O! Arglwydd, cofia blant ein gwlad
093	Rhyl ~ Wrth gofio’i riddfanu’n yr ardd
094	Courage, Brother ~ Bydd yn wrol, paid â llithro
095	Llysfaen (Walk in the Light) ~ Dragwyddol Hollalluog Iôr
096	Arglwydd, Dyma Fi (Gwahoddiad) ~ Mi glywaf dyner lais
097	Capel Newydd ~ Daw miloedd ar ddarfod amdanynt
098	Pantyfedwen ~ Tydi a wnaeth y wyrth, O! Grist, Fab Duw
099	Pentalpha ~ ’Rwyf yma, Arglwydd, wrth Dy draed
100	Buddugoliaeth ~ Yn Eden, cofiaf hynny byth
101	St. Elizabeth ~ O! am ysbryd i weddio
102	Wilkesbarre ~ Hosanna, Haleliwia (available soon)
103	Frances ~ Arglwydd, cymer f’einioes i
104	Morte Christe ~ Pan welaf innau’r ryfedd groes
105	Bryniau Cassia ~ Ni fuasai gennyf obaith
106	Mawlgan ~ Bendigedig fyddo’r Iesu
107	Côr Caersalem ~ O! ganu bendigedig
108	Dring I Fyny ~ Clywaf lais yn galw arnaf fi o’r nef
109	Hermon ~ Ar lan Iorddonen ddofn
110	Tydi A Roddaist ~ Tydi, a roddaist liw i’r wawr
111	Tyn am y Lan ~ Mae’r wawr yn torri, forwr
112	Awn Ymlaen Dan Ganu (On We Go Still Singing) ~ Awn ymlaen dan ganu
113	Ar Ei Ben Bo'r Goron (Crown Him) ~ Mae carcharorion angau
114	The Lily of the Valley (Lili y Dyffrynoedd) ~ Mi gefais gar yn Iesu
115	My Redeemer (Fy Ngwaredwr) ~ Canaf fawl i fy Ngwaredwr
116	Awake! Arise! (Deffrowch! Codwch!) ~ Deffrowch bob un i foli Duw
117	God Be with You ~ God be with you till we meet again
118	Dyddiau Dyn Sydd Fel Glaswelltyn ~ Dyddiau dyn sydd fel glaswelltyn
	eHymnal MIDI Files

How to use eHymnal files

The Welsh words to the hymns are spoken by Nerys Jones, a native Welsh speaker from Llanfair Caereinion in mid-Wales, to help you learn to read and pronounce them. She reads them slowly, at the same tempo as the individual voice parts.

Though it may look a bit odd at first glance to the non-Welsh speaker, Welsh is actually much easier to learn to read and pronounce than English because the spelling is regular and almost entirely phonetic. The Welsh alphabet and the sounds of the letters are given on the last page of the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu (WNGGA) Hymnal, but the easiest way to learn is to follow along reading the words to the hymn as you listen to them being spoken.

All the music and voice files for a given hymn are contained in a zipped (compressed) folder; see the list of hymns.
The music for each song is in five tracks, one containing the full four-voice choir and one for each of the four voices, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass.
Each verse is spoken in a separate track and, in some hymns with a chorus that is spoken separately as well.

How to Download eHymnl files onto your computer or laptop

Depending on your browser:

Click on the link to bring up a dialog box
Select SAVE and choose a location in your computer to download and save the compressed file.
Unzip the file by either: double-clicking on a Mac, or right-clicking followed by Extract All on a Windows PC.
The result will be a folder that contains all the MP3 files for that hymn.

Example:

Select the file Rachie from the hymn list on this page,
download a compressed file called 001_Rachie.zip to your computer.
When you decompress (unzip) this, you’ll find a folder called “001 Rachie”.
Click on this folder to open it and you’ll find the following eight MP3 files:

            001 Rachie satb.mp3               music for all four voice parts (full SATB choir)
            001 Rachie sop.mp3                tune for the soprano voice part
            001 Rachie alt.mp3                 tune for the alto voice part
            001 Rachie ten.mp3               tune for the tenor voice part
            001 Rachie bas.mp3                tune for the bass voice part
            001 Rachie verse1.mp3           the words in Welsh for verse 1
            001 Rachie verse2.mp3           the words in Welsh for verse 2
            001 Rachie chorus.mp3           the words in Welsh for the chorus
(Note: you may or may not see the extension “.mp3” at the end of each filename, depending on the settings in your file management program).

The full choir or SATB track has the voices in full harmony, spread across stereo space with sopranos far left, then the altos, the tenors, and finally the basses far right, played by a synthesized string quartet.
This track is played at normal speed as you might hear it at a cymanfa (though different directors will choose their own tempo, of course).
The other tracks, the four individual voice parts and the spoken words, are at 3/4 speed to make it easier to pick up the tunes and pronunciation of the words.

Play the files by double clicking on:

the default media player on your computer, such as Window Media Player, or another media player.
VLC Media Player (www.videolan.org) is a free player with versions for many platforms: Windows, Apple, Android, Linux, and many more.

Transfer MP3 files to a tablet, smart phone or MP3 player.
Track filenames may not be displayed as shown above but rather the MP3 track data, which will look something like this:
            Album:            001 Rachie
            Artist:              Welsh Hymn Practice
            Genre:             Other
            Track 1:           001 SATB
            Track 2:           001 Soprano
            Track 3:           001 Alto
            Track 4:           001 Tenor
            Track 5:           001 Bass
            Track 6:           001 Verse 1
            Track 7:           001 Verse 2
            Track 8:           001 Chorus
Note: The “Album” name is the number and name of the hymn. Individual tracks give the hymn number and the contents of the track, and not the hymn name, as the display on many MP3 players is rather short.

The Welsh North American Association strives to preserve, develop and promote our Welsh cultural heritage and traditions,

including the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu, and to do all things necessary and appropriate to accomplish these goals.

The WNAA and the NAFOW are run and coordinated by dedicated volunteers who donate their time and travel expenses. Aside from the WNAA International Headquarters office staff, WNAA board members and NAFOW volunteers are not monetarily compensated. WNAA is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.